Old Elm Club Moves into Golfweek Top 100 Classic Courses

Many have probably seen that Old Elm Club in Highland Park has moved into the Golfweek Top 100 Classic Golf Courses. This course was already on my short list of courses to look at, but I think I am going to get to it sooner than I had thought.

Being from the area, Old Elm has always been a course that I would have risk being attacked by the superintendent’s dog to play. Stay tuned over the next few weeks for detailed topography and color ramp of Old Elm Club. Unfortunately, the data is going to be prior to the restoration that J. Drew Rodgers has been undertaking.

From a quick look of the existing grades, the course has 40 – 50 ft. of elevation change from the northeast portion of the site south and west towards the Skokie River.